Over the last three decades, fast food has infiltrated every part of American society. An industry that began with a small number of modest hot dog and hamburger stands in southern California has spread to every corner of our nation, selling a broad range of foods wherever paying customers may be found. Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary school, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-Marts, Wal-Marts, gas stations, and even hospital cafeterias.

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Over the last three decades, fast food has infiltrated every part of American society. An industry that began with a small number of modest hot dog and hamburger stands in southern California has spread to every corner of our nation, selling a broad range of foods wherever paying customers may be found. Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary school, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-Marts, Wal-Marts, gas stations, and even hospital cafeterias.

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On August 17, 1896, forty-four-year-old Bridget Driscoll became the first woman to be killed by a car; the car was traveling four miles per hour and the impact proved fatal.

The traffic death of forty-four-year-old Bridget Driscoll in August of 1896 was the first sign that the auto, called an industrial triumph, was to become a weapon of mass destruction.

Humans should be concerned about the use of pesticides that kill insects at the bottom of the food chain.

Use of pesticides has increase by 50% in the last decade.

Which of the words have a POSITIVE meaning?

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Which of the words have a POSITIVE meaning?

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